Means for converting motion.



No. 669,209. Patented Mar. 5, I90l. .I. WIESE'NBACH. I

MEANS FOR CONVERTING MOTION.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EEICE.

JEAN WIESENBAOH, OF LYONS, FRANCE.

MEANS FOR CONVERTING MOTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 669,209, dated March 5, 1901.

Application filed October 80, 1900. serial No. M305. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN WIESENBAOH, a subject of the Grand Duke of Luxemburg, residing at Lyons, France, have invented certain new and useful Means for Converting Motion, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, and for which I have made application for patent in France, dated April 12, 1900, No. 299,244.

My invention has for its object to convert a continuous circular motion into any given number of alternate rectilinear motions, the dead-points of which succeed each other at equal or unequal intervals, and, on the contrary, to convert the said alternate motions into a continuous circular motion. It is specially applicable to piston-pumps and motors Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section drawn at right angles to Fig. 1.

The apparatus com prises acircular plate ct, oscillating in every direction around a fixed center 0. It is for this purpose carried by a ring 6, articulated on one axis to the plate a and on an axis at right angles to said former axis to two brackets or supports 0 0, attached to the fixed plate 01. The oscillating plate a has at its center a cylindrical sleeve 6, traversed by a crank-shaft f, the axis 00 z of rotation of which passes through the center 0. The oblique part of the crank of the shaftf which passes through the sleeve e is furnished with an olive-shaped roller e, which fits the sleeve and gives to the plate a, a circular oscillating motion.

The bodies h h or the pump are arranged around the axis a: z and below the fixed plate (1. Their pistons 19 p are connected to the plate a by rodsi 0 having ball-joints jj or universal joints of other forms, said rods passing through the fixed plate d through openings having sufficient play. It will thus be seen that the rotation of the shaft f causes the circular oscillation of the plate a, that the latter will operate the pistons 19 successively, and that the raising of the water will be efiected in a continuous manner without dead-points. If, on the other hand, a motive fluid is caused to act in succession beneath the pistons, they will cause the oscilla tion of the plate a and the rotation of the shaftf. In the case of a pump, the pumpbodies and the driving mechanism may be inclosed, as shown, in a hermetic case n 01., through which the shaftfpasses, and through a stufling-box 7c. The liquid forced into this case will leave it by a tube Z. The suction will take place in a single chamber m. 4

In the case of a motor the supply of the motive fluid beneath the pistons will be effected in any known and convenient manner. The exhaust can in the same way take place in the casing n n.

The apparatus may be horizontal, vertical, or inclined. Any numberof pistons may be employed.

The stroke of the pistons may be varied within certain limits by moving the shaftf longitudinally within its supports, which has the efiect of varying the height of the oliveshaped roller c within the sleeve e.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

In an apparatus for converting motion, the combination of aplate a, oscillating in every direction around a fixed center 0, a rotating cranked shaft fa sleeve 6 attached to the center of the plate a through which the crankshaft passes, a roller on the cranked part of said shaft fitting the sleeve, connecting-rods 11 articulated to the circumference of the plate a and reciprocating parts p attached to the connecting-rods t, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEAN WIESENBAOH.

Witnesses:

GASTON J EANNIAUX, LOUIS FEYNAS. 

